Numbers 6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Nazirite Vow
6 The Lord instructed Moses: 2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When a man or woman makes a special vow, a Nazirite vow,(A) to consecrate himself to[a] the Lord, 3 he is to abstain[b] from wine and beer.(B) He must not drink vinegar made from wine or from beer. He must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins. 4 He is not to eat anything produced by the grapevine, from seeds to skin,[c] during his vow.
5 “You must not cut his hair[d] throughout the time of his vow of consecration. He must be holy until the time is completed during which he consecrates himself to the Lord; he is to let the hair of his head grow long. 6 He must not go near a dead body during the time he consecrates himself to the Lord.(C) 7 He is not to defile himself for his father or mother, or his brother or sister, when they die, because the hair consecrated to his God is on his head. 8 He is holy to the Lord(D) during the time of consecration.
9 “If someone suddenly dies near him, defiling his consecrated head of hair, he must shave his head on the day of his purification; he is to shave it on the seventh day.(E) 10 On the eighth day he is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(F) 11 The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering(G) to make atonement on behalf of the Nazirite, since he sinned because of the corpse. On that day he must consecrate[e] his head again.(H) 12 He is to rededicate his time of consecration to the Lord and to bring a year-old male lamb as a restitution offering.(I) But do not count the previous period, because his consecrated hair became defiled.
13 “This is the law of the Nazirite: On the day his time of consecration is completed, he must be brought to the entrance to the tent of meeting.(J) 14 He is to present an offering to the Lord(K) of one unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, one unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering, one unblemished ram as a fellowship offering,(L) 15 along with their grain offerings and drink offerings,(M) and a basket of unleavened cakes made from fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers coated with oil.(N)
16 “The priest is to present these before the Lord and sacrifice the Nazirite’s sin offering and burnt offering. 17 He will also offer the ram as a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord, together with the basket of unleavened bread. Then the priest will offer the accompanying grain offering and drink offering.
18 “The Nazirite is to shave his consecrated head at the entrance to the tent of meeting, take the hair from his head, and put it on the fire under the fellowship sacrifice. 19 The priest is to take the boiled shoulder from the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them into the hands(O) of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated head. 20 The priest is to wave them as a presentation offering before the Lord.(P) It is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the presentation offering and the thigh of the contribution.(Q) After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.
21 “This is the ritual of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the Lord for his consecration,(R) in addition to whatever else he can afford; he must fulfill whatever vow he makes in keeping with the ritual for his consecration.”
The Priestly Blessing
22 The Lord spoke to Moses: 23 “Tell Aaron and his sons how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
24 May Yahweh bless you and protect you;(S)
25 may Yahweh make His face shine on you
and be gracious to you;(T)
26 may Yahweh look with favor on you[f]
and give you peace.[g](U)
27 In this way they will pronounce My name over[h] the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 6:2 Or vow, to live as a Nazirite for
- Numbers 6:3 In Hb, the words Nazirite, consecrate, and abstain are related and involve the idea of separation.
- Numbers 6:4 Or from unripe grapes to hulls
- Numbers 6:5 Lit A razor is not to pass over his head
- Numbers 6:11 Lit set apart
- Numbers 6:26 Lit Lord lift His face to you
- Numbers 6:26 Or prosperity
- Numbers 6:27 Or put My name on
Números 6
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Los nazareos
6 El Señor le ordenó a Moisés 2 que les dijera a los israelitas: «Cuando un hombre o una mujer haga un voto especial, un voto que lo consagre al Señor como nazareo, 3 deberá abstenerse de vino y de otras bebidas fermentadas. No beberá vinagre de vino ni de otra bebida fermentada; tampoco beberá jugo de uvas ni comerá uvas ni pasas. 4 Mientras dure su voto de nazareo, no comerá ningún producto de la vid, desde la semilla hasta la cáscara.
5 »Mientras dure el tiempo de su consagración al Señor, es decir, mientras dure su voto de nazareo, tampoco se cortará el cabello, sino que se lo dejará crecer y se mantendrá santo.
6 »Mientras dure el tiempo de su consagración al Señor, no podrá acercarse a ningún cadáver, 7 ni siquiera en caso de que muera su padre, su madre, su hermano o su hermana. No deberá hacerse ritualmente impuro a causa de ellos, porque lleva sobre la cabeza el símbolo de su consagración al Señor. 8 Mientras dure el tiempo de su consagración al Señor, se mantendrá santo.
9 »Si de improviso alguien muere junto a él, la consagración de su cabeza quedará anulada; así que al cabo de siete días, en el día de su purificación, deberá rasurarse la cabeza. 10 Al octavo día llevará dos palomas o dos tórtolas, y se las entregará al sacerdote a la entrada de la Tienda de reunión. 11 El sacerdote ofrecerá una de ellas como sacrificio expiatorio, y la otra como holocausto. Así el sacerdote hará expiación por el nazareo, ya que este pecó al entrar en contacto con un cadáver. Ese mismo día, el nazareo volverá a santificarse la cabeza, 12 consagrando al Señor el tiempo de su nazareato y llevando un cordero de un año como sacrificio por la culpa. No se le tomará en cuenta el tiempo anterior, porque su consagración quedó anulada.
13 »Esta ley se aplicará al nazareo al cumplir su período de consagración. Será llevado a la entrada de la Tienda de reunión, 14 y allí ofrecerá como holocausto al Señor un cordero de un año, sin defecto; como sacrificio expiatorio una oveja de un año, sin defecto; y como sacrificio de comunión un carnero sin defecto. 15 Ofrecerá además un canastillo de panes sin levadura, panes de flor de harina amasados con aceite, obleas sin levadura untadas con aceite, y también ofrendas de cereal y de libación.
16 »Entonces el sacerdote las presentará al Señor y ofrecerá el sacrificio expiatorio y el holocausto en favor del nazareo. 17 Ofrecerá el carnero al Señor como sacrificio de comunión, junto con el canastillo de panes sin levadura. También presentará las ofrendas de cereal y de libación.
18 »Luego, a la entrada de la Tienda de reunión, el nazareo se rapará la cabeza. Tomará el cabello que consagró, y lo echará al fuego que arde bajo el sacrificio de comunión.
19 »Una vez que el nazareo se haya rapado la cabeza, el sacerdote tomará del canastillo un pan sin levadura y una oblea sin levadura, más la pierna cocida del carnero, y pondrá todo esto en manos del nazareo, 20 después de lo cual mecerá todo esto ante el Señor como una ofrenda. Todo esto es santo y le pertenece al sacerdote, lo mismo que el pecho mecido y el muslo ofrecido como contribución. Finalizado este rito, el nazareo podrá beber vino.
21 »Esta ley se aplicará al nazareo que haga un voto. Esta es la ofrenda que presentará al Señor por su nazareato, aparte de lo que pueda dar según sus recursos. Según la ley del nazareato, deberá cumplir el voto que hizo».
Bendición sacerdotal
22 El Señor le ordenó a Moisés: 23 «Diles a Aarón y a sus hijos que impartan la bendición a los israelitas con estas palabras:
24 »“El Señor te bendiga
y te guarde;
25 el Señor te mire con agrado[a]
y te extienda su amor;
26 el Señor te muestre su favor
y te conceda la paz”.
27 »Así invocarán mi nombre sobre los israelitas, para que yo los bendiga».
Footnotes
- 6:25 te mire con agrado. Lit. haga resplandecer su rostro sobre ti.
Numbers 6
New King James Version
The Law of the Nazirite
6 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When either a man or woman [a]consecrates an offering to take the vow of a Nazirite, (A)to separate himself to the Lord, 3 (B)he shall separate himself from wine and similar drink; he shall drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from similar drink; neither shall he drink any grape juice, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins. 4 All the days of his [b]separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin.
5 ‘All the days of the vow of his separation no (C)razor shall come upon his head; until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. Then he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. 6 All the days that he separates himself to the Lord (D)he shall not go near a dead body. 7 (E)He shall not [c]make himself unclean even for his father or his mother, for his brother or his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head. 8 (F)All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the Lord.
9 ‘And if anyone dies very suddenly beside him, and he defiles his consecrated head, then he shall (G)shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it. 10 Then (H)on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting; 11 and the priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned in regard to the corpse; and he shall sanctify his head that same day. 12 He shall consecrate to the Lord the days of his separation, and bring a male lamb in its first year (I)as a trespass offering; but the former days shall be [d]lost, because his separation was defiled.
13 ‘Now this is the law of the Nazirite: (J)When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 14 And he shall present his offering to the Lord: one male lamb in its first year without blemish as a burnt offering, one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish (K)as a sin offering, one ram without blemish (L)as a peace offering, 15 a basket of unleavened bread, (M)cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, unleavened wafers (N)anointed with oil, and their grain offering with their (O)drink offerings.
16 ‘Then the priest shall bring them before the Lord and offer his sin offering and his burnt offering; 17 and he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall also offer its grain offering and its drink offering. 18 (P)Then the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.
19 ‘And the priest shall take the (Q)boiled shoulder of the ram, one (R)unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and (S)put them upon the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated hair, 20 and the priest shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord; (T)they are holy for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.’
21 “This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to the Lord the offering for his separation, and besides that, whatever else his hand is able to provide; according to the vow which he takes, so he must do according to the law of his separation.”
The Priestly Blessing
22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the way you shall bless the children of Israel. Say to them:
24 “The Lord (U)bless you and (V)keep you;
25 The Lord (W)make His face shine upon you,
And (X)be gracious to you;
26 (Y)The Lord [e]lift up His countenance upon you,
And (Z)give you peace.” ’
27 (AA)“So they shall [f]put My name on the children of Israel, and (AB)I will bless them.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 6:2 Or makes a difficult vow
- Numbers 6:4 Separation as a Nazirite
- Numbers 6:7 By touching a dead body
- Numbers 6:12 void
- Numbers 6:26 Look upon you with favor
- Numbers 6:27 invoke
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